Christopher L. Weber

9.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
48 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher L. Weber is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher L. Weber has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Environmental Engineering, 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Christopher L. Weber's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (32 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (13 papers). Christopher L. Weber is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (32 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (13 papers). Christopher L. Weber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and United Kingdom. Christopher L. Weber's co-authors include H. Scott Matthews, Glen P. Peters, Klaus Hubacek, Dabo Guan, Jan C. Minx, Ottmar Edenhofer, Chris Hendrickson, David Reiner, Paulina Jaramillo and Eric Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher L. Weber

47 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008

2011 1.2k citations Glen P. Peters, Christopher L. Weber et al. profile →
Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States

2008 803 citations Christopher L. Weber, H. Scott Matthews Environmental Science & Technology profile →
The drivers of Chinese CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2030

2008 538 citations Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
The contribution of Chinese exports to climate change

2008 500 citations Christopher L. Weber, Glen P. Peters et al. Energy Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher L. Weber United States	26	4.6k	3.5k	1.8k	665	643	48	7.1k
Keiichiro Kanemoto Japan	32	4.6k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	990 1.5×	812 1.3×	58	7.5k
Can Wang China	56	3.6k 0.8×	3.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	959 1.4×	343 0.5×	258	9.2k
Jing Meng China	58	7.5k 1.6×	6.4k 1.8×	2.8k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	480 0.7×	226	13.1k
Ming Zhang China	45	2.3k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	405 0.6×	388 0.6×	155	6.0k
Stefan Giljum Austria	44	4.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	652 1.0×	991 1.5×	96	7.0k
Gengyuan Liu China	46	3.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	689 0.4×	1.5k 2.3×	560 0.9×	303	7.3k
Bin Su Singapore	61	8.3k 1.8×	8.6k 2.5×	3.9k 2.2×	466 0.7×	682 1.1×	218	12.7k
Chao Feng China	50	3.3k 0.7×	5.1k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	366 0.6×	532 0.8×	180	7.1k
Zhifu Mi United Kingdom	53	6.7k 1.5×	6.4k 1.9×	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.8×	428 0.7×	152	12.1k
Giovanni Baiocchi United States	29	2.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	961 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	150 0.2×	59	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hale, Thomas, Sander Chan, Angel Hsu, et al.. (2020). Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact. Climate Policy. 21(3). 406–420. 89 indexed citations

Opperman, Jeffrey J., Sharon Baruch‐Mordo, Juan Pablo Carvallo, et al.. (2019). Sustaining the Last Rivers. American Scientist. 107(5). 302–302. 6 indexed citations

Weber, Christopher L., David McCollum, Jae Edmonds, et al.. (2018). Mitigation scenarios must cater to new users. Nature Climate Change. 8(10). 845–848. 30 indexed citations

Weber, Christopher L.. (2012). Uncertainty and Variability in Product Carbon Footprinting. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 16(2). 203–211. 27 indexed citations

Weber, Christopher L., et al.. (2011). Modal freight transport required for production of US goods and services. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 47(4). 474–489. 13 indexed citations

Olivetti, Elsa, Christopher L. Weber, Sarah Boyd, et al.. (2011). Environmental assessment of information technology products using a triage approach. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Weber, Christopher L., Jonathan Koomey, & H. Scott Matthews. (2010). The Energy and Climate Change Implications of Different Music Delivery Methods. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 14(5). 754–769. 109 indexed citations

Weber, Christopher L., Elsa Olivetti, & Eric Williams. (2010). Data and methodological needs to assess uncertainty in the carbon footprint of ICT products. 1–1. 8 indexed citations

Sanchez, Marla, et al.. (2010). Improving methods to estimate energy and carbon footprints of global telecommunications. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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VanBriesen, Jeanne M., et al.. (2010). Modelling chemical speciation: thermodynamics, kinetics and uncertainty.. 135–151. 12 indexed citations

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Williams, Eric, Christopher L. Weber, & Troy R. Hawkins. (2009). Hybrid Framework for Managing Uncertainty in Life Cycle Inventories. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 13(6). 928–944. 136 indexed citations

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Weber, Christopher L., et al.. (2009). Categorization of Scope 3 Emissions for Streamlined Enterprise Carbon Footprinting. Environmental Science & Technology. 43(22). 8509–8515. 200 indexed citations

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Stolaroff, Joshuah K., Christopher L. Weber, & H. Scott Matthews. (2009). Design issues in a mandatory greenhouse gas emissions registry for the United States. Energy Policy. 37(9). 3463–3466. 6 indexed citations

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Weber, Christopher L.. (2009). Measuring structural change and energy use: Decomposition of the US economy from 1997 to 2002. Energy Policy. 37(4). 1561–1570. 128 indexed citations

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Weber, Christopher L. & H. Scott Matthews. (2009). Response to Comment on “Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States”. Environmental Science & Technology. 43(10). 3984–3984. 5 indexed citations

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Guan, Dabo, Glen P. Peters, Christopher L. Weber, & Klaus Hubacek. (2009). Journey to world top emitter: An analysis of the driving forces of China's recent CO₂ emissions surge. Geophysical Research Letters. 36(4). 355 indexed citations

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Weber, Christopher L., et al.. (2009). Scrap the carbon tariff. Nature Climate Change. 1(1001). 10–11. 5 indexed citations

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Weber, Christopher L. & H. Scott Matthews. (2008). Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(10). 3508–3513. 803 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peters, Glen P., Christopher L. Weber, & Jingru Liu. (2006). Construction of Chinese Energy and Emissions Inventory. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 75 indexed citations

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Weber, Christopher L., et al.. (1997). A comparison of driver behavior at railroad grade crossings with two different protection systems. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 29(1). 11–16. 42 indexed citations

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